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The Great Depression
On October, 29, 1929 The stock market crashed which led to the great depression. And the great depression affects a lot of countries including Germany, Britain, Japan, Italy, and the United States, and still more countries, thanks to unemployment.
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Italy to Fascism, Japan starts a empire
1931 in Italy, after World War I Many people began to support the Fascist Party. So their leader Mussolini sets up fascist government in Italy promised to restore Italy to its glory days. 1931 in Japan, Japan had a strong military control and just like Germany and Italy wanted to expand their empires. And soon Japan was the first of the fascist country to successfully expand its empire, by invading Manchuria in China. http://www.thegolfclub.info/related/mussolini-fascism-national-symbol.html -
Hitler's takes power
In 1933, Hitler, the leader of the Nazis, became chancellor of Germany. Hitler turned Germany into a military dictatorship. He said that the Germans were a superior race, and that, Jews, Slavs, Gypsies, and communists, should be exiled, or worse. Hitler built up the military forces in Germany, in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Most but not all Germans believed Hitler brought strength and courage back to their country prosperity. https://www.biography.com/people/adolf-hitler-9340144 -
Italy invades Ethiopia
in 1935, Mussolini established a dictatorship. To establish the greatness of Italy and create an empire, Mussolini invaded Ethiopia in 1935. The Italians, fighting with modern weapons against poorly equipped Ethiopians, But the Italians had also bombed the Ethiopians before just for support and to ensure that they could and would form an empire.
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Treaty of Versailles violation
In 1936, Hitler sent troops to the Rhineland, an old section of Germany, where they were not allowed, according to the Treaty of Versailles. Many Germans and Austrians were proud of this violation of the hated treaty, and other countries did nothing to stop it.
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Japanese empire expands
By 1937 the japanese empire was growing rapidly. And the japanese almost had all of asia and the Pacific Ocean under its control. which is just what the japanese wanted for their empire.
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Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass)
On November 9, 1938, violence broke out in the streets. Police and many German civilians stood by while Nazi mobs destroyed thousands of Jewish businesses and homes. The morning after Kristallnacht, 30,000 German Jewish men were arrested for being Jewish and were sent to concentration camps. On the eve of World War II, this event foreshadowed the terrible violence that Jews all across Europe would endure until the end of the war.
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Invasion of Poland
On September 1, 1939, German tanks rolled into Poland.
Prompted by the invasion of Poland, Britain and France declared war on Germany. But they were unprepared for the speed and ruthlessness of the Nazis. Hitler, now dictator over a country he called “the Third Reich” which means empire, conquered Poland in less than a month.
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Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Pearl Harbor was where the U.S. Pacific fleet was headquartered. Hundreds of Japanese bombers devastated 18 American navy ships, including the USS Arizona and other battleships. The bombs ruined the American military planes, and killed over 2,000 people. On the same day, they attacked British and American military bases throughout the Pacific. Which caused the us to declare war.
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Battle of Midway
Thanks to American cryptologists who deciphered the Japanese naval code, the United States Navy, led by Admiral Chester Nimitz, won an important victory at Midway Island in June, 1942. Losses on both sides were great, but it was Japan that suffered a major defeat. And the Manhattan project was launched this year.
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D-Day Invasion
June 6, 1944, a day later than originally planned. The D-Day invasion was smartly coordination of Allied land, sea and air power. The night before the attack, the Allies dropped paratroopers behind the German lines. With this advance force on French soil, airplanes and battleships bombarded the German defenses.
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The Holocaust
In 1945, The Nazis murdered more than six million Jews from all over Europe. It is astonishing to think that by 1945,almost all Jews in Europe had been killed. The Nazis almost achieved the “Final Solution,” their plans for the genocide of the Jewish people in Europe. The Nazis built extermination camps which were factories for killing.
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Nuremberg war crimes trials begin
On August 1945 a series of trials took place, accusing Nazi war criminals, controlled by a U.S, French, and Soviet military tribunal based in Nuremberg, Germany, begins. Twenty-four former Nazi officials were tried, and when it was all over, one year later, half would be sentenced to death by hanging.
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Deaths and Surrenders
Hitler killed himself in his bunker on April 30. German forces surrendered on May 8, 1945. Unfortunately for the United States, Americans were facing their own tragedy. President Roosevelt, having suffered health issues for years, he died suddenly on April 12, 1945. Vice President had the responsibility for leading the United States out of war. September 2, 1945, Japan officially surrendered.
https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/07/may-7-1945-nazi-germany-surrenders-in-world-war-ii/
